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김성현 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Compete for & job shortages

Dear teachers,


I watched an episode of 60 Minutes. (Related Links and Scripts are attached in the below.)

Could you help me wrap my mind around the meaning of "job shortages" and "compete for"?

  • The H-1B visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent.
  1. => Does this mean that U.S. companies insist that they could find highly qualified employees only when there exist the H-1B visas?
  2. => "The best global talent" mean "best global people"?
  • Companies insist that even more H-1B workers are needed to fill job shortages.
  1. => I think "job shortages" should be replaced with "labor shortages" because the businesses have "labor shortages", not "job shortages."

Hope to have your kind help.


David Kim


P.S. The following is the excerpt containing the sentences which referred to - from 60 Minutes by CBS.

(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-u-s-jobs-vulnerable-to-workers-with-h-1b-visas/)


Businesses insist the visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent and that even more

H-1B workers are needed to fill job shortages. Nearly every major high-tech company, including Apple, Google,

Facebook, has employees here on H-1B visas. Media companies too, including CBS.


  

Top answer

The H-1B visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent. A Visa is a document issued by a government to allow people to enter and stay in the country. There are different types of Visas.

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  • The H-1B visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent.
  • A Visa is a document issued by a government to allow people to enter and stay in the country.
  • There are different types of Visas.
  • For example, there are Tourist visas.
  • These are for people who want to visit the country on holiday.
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  • The H-1B visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent.

A Visa is a document issued by a government to allow people to enter and stay in the country. There are different types of Visas. For example, there are Tourist visas. These are for people who want to visit the country on holiday. There are Student visas. These allow a person to study for a

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